Harlem may just be New York’s best-kept secret with some of the city’s most interesting architecture, food, music, and people. On Sundays, enjoy a real Gospel Experience at a local church.

 

EXPERIENCE:

Harlem’s history is also one of the city’s most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years.

This has resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes, and eating establishments.

Join New York Tours by Foot uptown on this two-hour Harlem walking tour.

Discover the streets where Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and other cutting-edge Harlem Renaissance players put American music on the world map.

And where Fidel Castro slept after being kicked out of a midtown hotel for having chickens in his room.

 

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Discover streets where Ella Fitzgerald put American music on the world map
Where Fidel Castro slept after being kicked out for having chickens in his room.
Harlem’s history is one of the city’s most dramatic over the past 400 years.
Enjoy a real Gospel experience on Sundays at a local church

 

 

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